jadamn.
/ˈdʒadam/ A type of silver or brass niello ware from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra: used esp. for decorating belt-buckles.
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1907 F. A. Swettenham Brit. Malaya vii. 138 The most original and artistic work of all is called chûtam or jâdam, and it was made originally in the Province of Ligor.
1908 L. Wray in A. Wright 20th Cent. Impressions Brit. Malaya 244/1 The art of enamelling is also known to the Malays. The ware is called Jadam, which is equivalent to niello in England.
1910 C. W. Harrison Illustr. Guide Federated Malay States ii. 166 Jadam is the fashion in Rembau where the women wear large belt-buckles of it called pinding. but it is also made in boxes of all shapes. It may be of silver or of brass filled with enamel.
1953 C. A. Gibson-Hill Malay Arts & Crafts §Silverwork A form of silverware called Jadam, in which the hollows of the pattern were filled in with black enamel to give a smooth surface, used to be made in the western Malay states, principally in Negri Sembilan. The art is said to have come from Sumatra... In Malaya jadam work was used mostly for the production of decorated waist buckles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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